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Ready Player One meets Gladiator in this high-octane thriller that mixes fight-to-the-death UFC-style cage matches and black-ops espionage.

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"An incredible new voice in sci-fi. The kind of writer who keeps you turning the pages long into the night."-A.G. Riddle, bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene and Pandemic

Ready Player One meets Gladiator in this high-octane thriller that mixes black-ops espionage with fight-to-the-death combat in the arena.

In the near future, the line between entertainment and brutality has blurred. Mysterious billionaire Cameron Crayton is a household name from televised spectacles in which prison inmates fight to the death, but his old shows pale in comparison to his new event, The Crucible, a gladiatorial tournament anyone can enter. The winner is promised unimaginable wealth and glory . . . if they´re able to survive a series of globally broadcast fight-to-the-death matches with medieval weaponry against the world´s most fearsome fighters.

Former black-ops operative Mark Wei wants nothing more than to be left alone to drink after sacrificing everything?including his family?in America´s covert Cold War II against China, a war won largely because of him. But there are rumors that Crayton´s background and business dealings involve shady connections to foreign powers, and soon Mark is convinced to reluctantly dust off his training, strap on a sword and armor, and enter the tournament arena as an undercover agent.

It´s the most dangerous assignment he´s ever been given, and Mark quickly finds himself not just fighting for his life in the arena against trained killers, but racing to expose The Crucible´s founder´s secrets while navigating a viral phenomenon in which the stakes are literally life and death. . . .

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Praise for Herokiller
"An incredible new voice in sci-fi. The kind of writer who keeps you turning the pages long into the night."-A.G. Riddle, bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene and Pandemic

"Tassi successfully merges elements of The Hunger Games and Mission Impossible in this action-packed thriller . . . [a] heart-pounding and ironically cinematic novel."-Publishers Weekly

"Keeps the reader interested and guessing. Readers who enjoy action and intrigue will find both in this novel."-Booklist

"With Herokiller, Paul Tassi has once again created an all-new universe you have to read to believe. This is the kind of edgy sci-fi we´ve been waiting for, one that moves at breakneck speed, but also with a purpose, taking you along for a wildly fun ride with characters you won´t soon forget."-Jon Negroni, author of Killerjoy and The Pixar Theory

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Tassi, Paul
Paul Tassi decided after years of consuming science fiction through a steady diet of books, movies, TV shows, and video games to write his own stories in the genre. He didn´t imagine he´d ever actually finish a single book, but now that he´s started writing, he doesn´t want to stop. He is also the author of the Earthborn Trilogy. Paul writes for Forbes , and his work has also appeared on IGN, the Daily Dot, Unreality, TVOvermind, and more. He lives with his beautiful and supportive wife in Chicago.

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